[Flower Qiangu] Accompanying all the way

The sky is heavy and oppressive as if it is about to fall, a cloudy gray, like a thick layer of gray.There is a fishy smell in the cold wind, like the smell of rotten fish and shrimp, it is disgusting.

The god hid his figure.He can be wind and thunder, rain and snow, flowers, birds, insects and fish, birds and beasts.He could be anything and anyone.Because he has no real face, he is everywhere, exists in everything, and is everything.

The god stood in front of the altar, looking at his faithful believers, and the high priest of the people was dancing to worship the gods, in order to pray for his blessing.The high priest has been dancing for several days, but the god has no intention of taking action.

"As a god, is it painful for you to see the people who believe in you suffer?" A voice appeared in the mind of the god, asking indifferently.

The god turned around and left with steady and deep steps, as if he didn't care about the slightly probing voice.

"People are nothing but ants to gods. If they are gone, they will be gone. Why do they suffer?" He asked the voice in his heart, "Is it possible that as long as they have the power of gods, they are enough to be saved? The way of heaven?"

The voice of Tiandao is still indifferent and unwavering: "They should not be rescued by anyone, and they should suffer this catastrophe. This is the fate written by Tiandao, and it is the punishment that human beings must bear, and the gods must not intervene."

The voice disappeared after answering.

The way of heaven will not intervene in the trajectory of human destiny, nor will it allow gods to prevent the catastrophe that people deserve.As for the rest, the Dao of Heaven can't take care of them.

This is the rule and the avenue.

Here again only the gods remain.The god stood on the high ground and looked into the distance. He has traveled a long way, but as long as he thinks, he can see everything in the world;As long as he wants, as long as he can.

The god said silently in his heart: My believers, open your eyes, see your situation clearly, stretch out your hands, and don't turn a blind eye to your own strength.If humans, who are most similar to gods, are unable to stand on their own, how is it different from birds and beasts?

There was a thunderstorm, heavy rain poured down, and the flood roared.Floods are often accompanied by epidemics, and many people have already died of the disease.But because of the flood, there was a lack of medical treatment and medicine, and the disease soon spread.

"Leader, if this continues, the plague will wipe out the tribe! Please make a decision this morning!"

The bodies of those who died from the disease had to be incinerated lest they endanger the uninfected, but dealing with those lingering from the disease proved to be a real problem.

For him as the leader, the way to deal with the infected people is to either choose to abandon them, or choose to lead them away together, but no matter which choice he chooses, it is wrong.

If you abandon them, you will deprive them of their lives with your own hands, and your hands will be stained with the blood of your relatives; but if you don't abandon them, they will still die, and death will also be brought to the people who have not been infected. Migration will be meaningless, and the shadow will make everyone destruction.

As the leader, he shoulders the responsibility and the hope of the whole clan. The clan may live or die just because of one of his decisions.He was struggling and wanted to find another way, but he was very clear about what decision he should make.That would be a decision that would make him a sinner.

He just can't do it, because he is a human being, a person who is not inherently cruel, and has all kinds of emotions and six desires.

The leader lowered his head, and his fists were hidden under the wide sleeves, clenched so tightly that his joints turned white and his nails sank into his flesh.

He still remembers the sweet smiling face of a dead child, the expression of ghosts and elves when the child begged for candy, the sound of an old woman walking across the field with a cane calling her children and grandchildren who were working in the field to come home for dinner, and he remembered The shy blushes on the face of the newlyweds at the presided over the wedding.

It was time for him to make a decision.His whole body was shaking.

On the altar, the priest is still dancing the god dance.He has been dancing for a long time, but the god has not responded.

God's people are waiting for God's salvation, and God's messengers are waiting for God's revelation, but the stones falling into the sea can't stir up any waves.

The messenger's heart had begun to question, the priest's belief in God had begun to shake, and the embankment of a thousand miles was about to collapse in the ant's nest, but the ant's nest was too small to attract people's attention, so on the surface, he was still a god. most faithful believers.

The god seems to have abandoned the people who believed in him, so the protection of the people has disappeared, and they must save themselves.But how could such a pious belief be easily betrayed?Facing the collapse of the world, how can anyone not change his face?

So there are gods who punish the people, and natural disasters are punishments.Then sacrifices were selected and used to appease the wrath of the gods.No one wants to throw away their own lives, and no one wants to throw away the lives of relatives and friends, so people who don't know each other easily stretch out their hands to ask for their lives.

Everything is messed up.In man, cowardice and cruelty coexist.

People's hearts are floating, with one foot in heaven and the other in hell.Right choice, life; wrong decision, death.And the unfortunate people who contract the disease can only become innocent cannon fodder, and can only rush to the established perdition.

Gods no longer respond to the prayers of their messengers, and priests no longer receive calls from their faith.It seems that the gods have never existed, and the tiny ant nest on the wall of the priest's heart has collapsed into a huge black hole, and the cold wind is pouring into it.

The wind is still blowing, the clouds are still heavy, and the rain seems to be a little lighter, but the road is still muddy.

Under the gaze of the sky, the priest stopped dancing, raised his knees, and stopped saluting to the sky.He turned around and bowed down to the crowd under the altar.

[The great sacrifice does not worship the gods but the common people. 】

There was a commotion under the altar.

The leader ordered that all infected people, regardless of life or death, be gathered in one place and the city closed.The sick person seemed to be in a cage, and could only wait silently for death, being reduced to a handful of ashes by the flames.

This was the cruelest decision. He became a real sinner, but also the most qualified leader.

In the heavy rain, the flames shot up into the sky, and the city that was splashed with oil was wailing, converging into the saddest and most mournful sacrificial song.

Standing on the cliff, the god watched the flames go from burning to extinguishing, and he turned into the flames to personally take back the lives of the people who believed in him.He listened to the wailing, he listened to the abuse, the abuse against the gods.

He raised his voice and said to Tiandao: "I won. Man, I won."

The gods use this method to inspire human beings and make them truly independent.He lost the incense he believed in, and violated the instructions of the heavens to point out a way for human beings to survive. He began to become weak and was about to fall into a boundless deep sleep.

But the gods felt happy, it was a long-lost joy.Because for him, although he lost everything, he got what he wanted most.

This is a redemption.It is a redemption for human beings, a redemption for gods, and a redemption for life.

At this time, the sky was blue.

The author has something to say: a long-lost update, happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!

There is no specific gender setting for the three main characters in this chapter, and everything is referred to as "he".

The sentence in parentheses comes from the song "The Great Priest", and the lyrics are: Xie Ming Jiaozhu.